In her article "Sponsors of Literacy," Deborah Brandt discusses was people learn or obtain literacy. She does this through numerous research and interviews of the level of literacy of people of different ethnic backgrounds, age, and social status and then comparing her findings. She coins the term "Literacy Sponsor" which is the figure that seems to help individuals the most with their literacy.
QD: 1.) Brandt defines a literacy sponsor as "forces that shape our literacy learning and practices." Some common characteristics of literacy sponsors include wealthy, knowledgeable, and maybe religious.
3.) They only take into consideration the middle and upper class that are more educated and do not normally include the lower class which ordinarily have limited access.
4.) Stratified seems to pertain to how each individual's status is identified or organized and the stakes are things that limit or stop someone.
AEI: 1:) A huge majority of my literacy sponsors were my teachers. The only other literacy sponsors I can think of that made a noticeable difference were my parents who taught me the basics. Most of the literacy I have been taught has been academic and I am in no means whatsoever a religious person so the church never played a role in my literacy. There are not any literacy's that I can think of that I wish I had more access to.
This article was ok. There were some sections that I had some some trouble understanding but it did make some good points about how the lower class has limited access which is why their literacy is generally lacking compared to the middle and upper classes.
I agree with how you said certain parts were confusing throughout the article
ReplyDeleteI also thought that my education was one of my bigger literacy sponsors, but I did my family and coaches in sports played a big role in that as well.
ReplyDeleteMy literary sources are similar to you. There wasn't much influence outside of the deliberate, academic type.
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